PULSE OXIMETER WITH INTERNAL STERILIZATION AND METHODS
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1. A pulse oximeter comprising:
- a housing having a first portion and a second portion, wherein said first portion and said second portion are movable with respect to one another sufficient to receive a patient extremity therebetween, said housing having at least one patient contact surface for which to dispose said patient extremity thereon;
at least one sensor means disposed in said housing to sense patient physiology through said patient extremity; and
a sterilizing light source disposed within said housing for sterilizing said patient contact surface.
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Abstract
A pulse oximeter is described herein. Specifically, The invention provides a non-invasive optical sensor comprising a hinged housing having a pair of opposed faces and an internal self-sterilizing source.
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1. A pulse oximeter comprising:
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a housing having a first portion and a second portion, wherein said first portion and said second portion are movable with respect to one another sufficient to receive a patient extremity therebetween, said housing having at least one patient contact surface for which to dispose said patient extremity thereon; at least one sensor means disposed in said housing to sense patient physiology through said patient extremity; and a sterilizing light source disposed within said housing for sterilizing said patient contact surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A pulse oximeter comprising:
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a housing comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein said first portion and said second portion being moveable and each of said first portion and second portion having a patient contact surface; at least one sterilizing source, wherein said sterilizing source being interiorly disposed within said housing, at least one optical source, and at least one optical detector, wherein said optical source being disposed on a first patient contact surface of said housing facing toward said optical detector and said optical detector being disposed on a second patient contact surface of said housing facing toward said optical source.
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15. A pulse oximeter comprising:
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a housing comprising a first portion and a second portion, wherein said first portion and said second portion being moveable and each of said first portion and second portion having a patient contact surface; at least one sterilizing source, wherein said sterilizing source being interiorly disposed within said housing, at least one optical source, and at least one optical detector, wherein said optical source being disposed on a first patient contact surface of said housing facing toward said optical detector and said optical detector being disposed on a second patient contact surface of said housing facing toward said optical source, and a means for sterilizing a portion of a pulse oximeter with an interiorly disposed sterilizing source.
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16. A method of using a self-sterilizing pulse oximeter comprising:
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A. Positioning a housing of the self-sterilizing pulse oximeter in a closed position, B. activating a sterilizing light source, wherein said sterilizing light source is disposed within said housing, and C. irradiating a patient contact surface with said sterilizing light source.
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